Florida Teacher Accused of Intimacy with Boy

(Hialeah, Florida) A 32-year-old sixth-grade teacher at Our Lady of Charity, Maria Guzman Hernandez, has been accused of engaging in a sexual affair with a 15-year-old boy.

Reportedly, Henandez and the boy met at school and they commenced an intimate relationship with the approval of the boy's mother. Hernandez has been charged with sexual battery on a child over whom she had custodial authority.

Detective Carl Zogby, a Hialeah police spokesman, said many of the couple's romantic encounters occurred at the apartment the boy shared with his mother.

''She apparently didn't find anything wrong with it, thought that the teacher was a nice enough person and a good influence on her son,'' Zogby said.

The teacher, who had been in good standing at the school, was asked to resign.

A mother-of-two and estranged from her husband, Hernandez reportedly admitted to having sex with the boy. No decision has been made regarding whether to file charges against the mother.

Hernandez was booked into custody and later released on $10,000 bail.